Tavern Vinegar Co. was born in the
170-year-old stone-walled basement of Chef Jonathon Sawyer’s Cleveland home. Sawyer started making
vinegar from opened bottles of wine that had not been consumed by guests at his five Cleveland-area
restaurants.

Meanwhile, in Columbus, Brady Konya and Ryan Lang founded Middle West Spirits in 2008 and opened
the distillery for commercial production in 2010. Konya and Lang produce a line of artisan spirits
that reflect Ohio's world-class agriculture, small business innovation and culinary
inspiration.

The vinegar venture had grown into a line of hand-crafted, barrel-aged vinegars that include an
all-Ohio malt vinegar aged in OYO Whiskey barrels. So Tavern Vinegar recently moved its production
to Middle West Spirits as part of the partnership among Sawyer, Konya and Lang.

You can buy 200 ml bottles of seven craft vinegars for between $9.99 and $12.99
at Tavern Vinegar's website. You also
may see the brand popping up at local restaurants, bars and retail stores.